Anderson, John Stuart (1908 - 1990)

Anderson was Professor of Inorganic Chemistry, Oxford University, 1963 - 1975, following two periods at the University of Melbourne, first as Senior Lecturer and then as Professor of Inorganic Chemistry and Head of Chemistry 1954 - 1959.

Events

9 January 1908	Born
1932 - 1938	Demonstrator and Assistant Lecturer, Imperial College
1938 - 1946	Senior Lecturer in Inorganic Chemistry, University of Melbourne
1944	H.G. Smith Medal, Royal Australian Chemical Institute
1947 - 1953	Deputy Principal Scientific Officer, AERE Harwell
1953	Fellow of the Royal Society
1954	Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science
1954 - 1959	Professor of Inorganic Chemistry, University of Melbourne
1954 - 1959	Head of Chemistry, University of Melbourne
1959 - 1963	Director, National Chemical Laboratory (UK)
1963 - 1975	Professor of Inorganic Chemistry, Oxford University
1965	Matthew Flinders Lecturer, Australian Academy of Science
1973	Davy Medal, Royal Society
1975	Longstaff Medal, (UK) Chemical Society
1975 - 1981	Honorary Professorial Fellow, University College of Wales
1981 - 1990	Visiting Fellowship, Research School of Chemistry, Australian National University
25 December 1990	Died

Head of Department

• School of Chemistry (1886 - )

  [1954 - 1959]

Professorial Chair

• Chair of Chemistry, Faculty of Science (1882 - 1959)

  [1954 - 1959]

• 'Anderson, John Stuart - AAS Biographical Memoir', Historical Records of Australian Science, vol. 9, no. 2, 1992, http://www.asap.unimelb.edu.au/bsparcs/aasmemoirs/anderson.htm.
• 'Anderson, John Stuart', in Physics in Australia to 1945, R.W. Home, with the assistance of Paula J. Needham, Australian Science Archives Project, June 1995, http://www.asap.unimelb.edu.au/bsparcs/physics/P000014p.htm.
• 'Anderson, John Stuart (1908 - 1990), Biographical Entry', in Bright Sparcs, 2001 edn, 2001, http://www.asap.unimelb.edu.au/bsparcs/biogs/P000014b.htm.